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Download full textHouse, Emily Anne – Friedman Foundation for Educational Choice, 2009
This study presents the public costs of high school dropouts in Wisconsin. It examines how dropouts in the state dramatically impact state finances through reduced tax revenues, increased Medicaid costs, and high incarceration rates. It also examines just how much high school dropouts cost Wisconsin's taxpayers each year, and how much could be…
Descriptors: High Schools, Taxes, Graduation Rate, Dropout Rate
Cavaye, Jim; Shaffer, Ron; Wraith, Sandra – 1997
Families cope with economic and social changes by (consciously or unconsciously) choosing behaviors that make up an overall economic "survival strategy." Hypothesized elements of the household survival strategy are formal and informal work, use of household resources, and use of community services. Government policies on rural and…
Descriptors: Community Services, Day Care, Employment, Family Characteristics
Health Resources and Services Administration (DHHS/PHS), Rockville, MD. Bureau of Health Professions. – 2001
A pilot project profiled and compared the influence of the major environments of supply and demand, education, practice location and incentives, licensure and regulation, and planning and analysis on the health workforce in and among 10 states (California, Connecticut, Florida, Illinois, Iowa, Texas, Utah, Washington, West Virginia, and…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Demand Occupations, Employment Opportunities, Graduate Medical Students
Kaplan, Tom; And Others – 1997
This Kids Count data book examines statewide trends in the well-being of Wisconsin's children, focusing specifically on child health. The book provides a baseline on child health at the point of elimination of the Aid to Families with Dependent children program and the adoption of Wisconsin Works (W-2) program. The statistical portrait is based on…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adolescents, Birth Weight, Births to Single Women
Jacobson, Bob; Grigsby, Tamara; Roberts, Brandon; Wehrly, Mark – 2000
This WisKids Count data book examines statewide trends in the well-being of Wisconsin's children, revisiting indicators that have been followed since 1991. The statistical portrait is based on ten general areas: (1) county demographics; (2) county labor market; (3) housing; (4) maternal and child health; (5) early childhood program participation;…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adolescents, Birth Weight, Births to Single Women
Corbett, Tom; Boehnen, Elisabeth; White, Cynthia – 1999
This WisKids Count data book examines statewide trends in the well-being of Wisconsin's children, revisiting indicators that have been followed since the inception of the WisKids Count series. The statistical portrait is based on nine general areas: (1) county demographics; (2) county labor market; (3) family formation; (4) child health/family…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adolescents, Birth Weight, Births to Single Women
